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1. I have friend who is Army special ops. This time last year, he mentioned that most of their training has been for South American environments (jungle). He said that in light of that, he didn’t think our next war would be European or Middle Eastern. Interesting info in light of what is happening with Venezuela.

2. Billionaires are continuing to direct universities to give special preferences to Jewish students and faculty over others, claiming that not doing so would be antisemitic.
   This is happening at Penn and several other elite universities. Billionaires are threatening to take back their grant money if colleges don’t comply with their wishes.
   This is from the NYT today.

   https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/billionaire-marc-rowan-trump-deal-universities.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20251004&instance_id=163799&nl=today%27s-headlines&regi_id=36094109&segment_id=207131&user_id=f204587772f37c6595b2f69e29a5f705

   The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

   By Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender

   The conservative ideas behind the Trump administration’s “compact” for universities were developed in part by Marc Rowan, a wealthy financier who has sought to shape higher education.

   “But Mr. Rowan has become vocal about the need to shake up the system, and his penchant for using private memos and messages to try to shape elite higher education has been clear in recent years. In 2023, he led a crusade against M. Elizabeth Magill, who was then Penn’s president.

   Arguing that Penn had become a bastion of antisemitism on Ms. Magill’s watch, Mr. Rowan sent daily emails to trustees to protest the school’s direction, taking care to number each email to drive his point home. The advisory board he chaired at Penn’s business school, Wharton, generated draft proposals that included ideas like speech codes.

   Ms. Magill resigned in December 2023.”

3. Good analysis requires some dispassion. Confirmation bias is a serious issue when trying to gain insight and have actionable information, it can really take one off track. There’s definitely some moments of “ranting” vice thinking herein for the last few M&M episodes.

   Federal agencies have been very christian-unfriendly under other administrations, the tone is set by the appointee. That appointee sets policy and that in turn is acted out by the civil servant class. The reality is an ordinary man may not realize why the agency is suddenly uncooperative or unhelpful. Having seen this bias from prior administrations that is no longer tolerated under this administration, there’s a concern that just because your neighbor hates your religion this can be acted upon if working in any form of federal government.

   I don’t see what you are seeing and am not coming to your conclusions. I don’t think this memo refers to you not liking DOGE. So I went to read the memo… It reads more like the program is to reduce the funding for the violence of “peaceful protests.” (e.g. black uniformed umbrella laden left sub components of the democrat party) If you actually listen to interviews with these agitators they have a belief system that fits this. Link for the interested student.

   https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

   1. You need to ask who is financing them. Its a problem-reaction-solution scenario set up. Same money ultimately on both sides.

4. Sorry I put this under another comment, reposting.
   I keep suggesting to all Solari subscribers to read books by Steiner. Catherine, what you and John covered on Theil and his deception on the Anti Christ, long term might be the most important thing you guys covered in this Money and Markets. Catherine I don’t know how you can do this, but people need to understand how we humans have become so tied to the electronic technology materialistic world……………Arhiman. Steiner is the best one I have found to help educate all of us on this subject. And yes all the jabs into kids and adults including Covid Jab support the Arhimanic forces and drive out our spiritual connection to Christ. Suggest reading COVID VACCINES FROM A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE by Thomas Mayer. And again it is not just the Covid Jabs, it is all jabs.

   An update on cash, at the market I have seen an up tick in card use, it is running close to 50 percent now. It use to run about 25 percent. Not a great sign sad to say, even with the fee being passed on to the customer.

   1. I do read Steiner! Nice to see your recommendation. Catherine’s advice to watch real time actions and discriminate the truth from theater are also helpful to me.

   2. Keep encouraging cash. Check out the new Cash Halloween post. Get everyone doing it instead of giving out poison!

5. I seem to recall a statement that during the June 2025 conflict, 800 Israeli Soldiers died. My searches for a link thus are are unsuccessful.
   Can you provide a link? TIA.

   1. This is what times of Israel reported on October 8th https://www.timesofisrael.com/authorities-name-44-soldiers-30-police-officers-killed-in-hamas-attack/

6. A side note, you look great, Catherine!

   1. Nice to spend time in Tennessee!

7. Patrik Baab: Europe’s Road to War with Russia Has Begun

   Dialogue Works

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7KRf7x1ryA

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